Irish front person: And Kearns Non Irish Front Person: Axel Rose/Rod Jackson

back to the questiuon of why irish bands have a singer who plays guitar. there is a reason for this methinks. IN three piece bands, singers can be either bassists, drummer or indeed guitarists. actually, usually bassists or guitarists but halite for example have a drummer who now plays guitar singing - though they arent a 3 piece. anyway, normally I suspect what happens is that the singer gets to play the easiest instrument, normally rhythm guitar - somethign that if they arent playing it no-one notices, but if there are stages in a tune where it needs an extra guitar, normally when theres no vocals, then the best man or woman for the job is the vocalist cus they'd be doing feck all anyway at that stage.

Yep, mind you, looking at the "Musicians wanted" section of these boards, theres no shortage of guitarists. Come on all you people in bands, give all those orphaned guitarists a home, theres always room for one more. Help lower the guitarist to bass player/drummer ratio. And remember kids, a guitarist is not just for Christmas....

good bass players and drummers - regardless of the standard jokes about them - are damned hard to find.

Learn... or get a drum machine, or Reason 2.5 and a laptop or something.

bassplayers and drummers are just as good at writing songs though. actually, usually better in my experience.

more vibe y'see

call me suspicious, but are you a bass player and/or a drummer? who writes songs? with vibe?

ah haa - but i also sing and play guitar

please note though, all this is tongue in cheek. actually, what the hell does that really mean anyway? how does having your tongue in your cheek explain anything?

I'm a very good bassist and a good drummer. WHAT? I AM!!! Theres no ego in music anymore. Everyones too nice.

optimus, out of curiosity, where did you get that signature?

Why? Meh...i'll tell you anyways...It's from "Me, Myself & Irene". Its something Hank says when he's trying to score.

the reason i ask is related to a story where somebody used that to actually chat up a girl after a gig. i swear to god its true. oh how she laughed and told everyone within 10 feet of where she was standing!

poor bastard...

Yeah i was pretty cut up! haha

No I meant poor bastard for thinking a line like that would work. It'd only bring one of two things. Embarrasment, or the chick would laugh and instantly consider him to be a friend. But it wouldnt end up with sex at the end of any night.